The long-established frame-up machinery of U.S.

reaction has been smashed beyond repair. Smashed

by a courageous Black woman, a Communist and intellectual,
professor at the University of California, Dr. Angela Davis.

While the cause of justice and Angela Davis has resounded
around the world in millions of marching feet, and mighty
protests reaching into the highest segments of society, so
intent was U.S. reaction to score a frame-up verdict against
Angela Davis, that it spent millions of dollars to cast this
champion of the common people, Black and white alike, in the
racist image of a Black desperado and ‘‘dangerous”’ criminal.

Yet it was all to no avail. An all-white jury, selected after
weeks of legal hectoring, intimidation wrangling and threat-
ening, and despite an openly biased judge’s final ‘‘summing
up,”’ brought down its unanimous verdict, NOT GUILTY. A
“jury that had taken weeks to pick, lest one of the twelve (seven
women and five men) showed a grain of prejudice in favor of
the ‘‘accused”’ should remain in their minds, was unanimous in
their verdict, and the electric chair, symbol of U.S.
reactionary “‘efficiency’’ denied of its prey. The frame-up
machinery of racist and reactionary America, the America of
‘the Nixons-Regans et al, which had served them and their kind
for so long and so often, failed this time to function, thereby
depriving them of ‘‘judicial sanction”’ for their contemplated
murder of Dr. Angela Davis.

How can one assess the full import and significance of this
signal victory? It was a victory for peace, because Angela
Davis stood and stands in the forefront ranks in the mighty
struggles for peace, in Vietnam and throughout the world.

It was a victory against the racists of America and
elsewhere, against the white lynch mobs, against the racists in
high places, against the “‘white supremacists” of the Klu Klux
Klan mentality, and their anti-Negro armed hoodlums .. .
wearing the uniform of ‘‘law-and-order’’ authority to cloak
their multiple racist crimes. It was a victory for all Americans
and others, Black, white or Colored, who believe in human
equality and human dignity. It was a victory for the decent
people of the whole world because the frame-up of Angela
Davis had become the vital concern of the whole world.

The international solidarity of labor and the people which
made possible this great victory, brings to mind other and
more sad occasions when our mass protests were unavailing
against the frame-up. Many millions marched and protested
for seven long years to save Sacco and Vanzetti from
“‘judicial’”’ murder, while these two Italian workingmen
suffered persecution and torture in a Massachusetts prison
hell. But the million-fold marching and protest was of no avail.

A decade or more later the world’s people marched and
protested again against the schizophrenic frame-up by the
“same U.S. reaction against Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, a
humble Jewish husband and wife, who loved life and humanity
above all else. The atomic era had dawned and U.S. reaction,
with a madness exceeding that of Hitler, waved its atomic
“superiority” at the Socialist world, and in the hysteria of the
times they had managed to create, cold-bloodedly murdered
these two Jewish workingclass martyrs . . . because they
would not plead ‘tguilty’’ to a crime that reaction’s “‘judicial”’
frame-up machinery had itself been unable to prove, despite its
long list of highly-paid perjured ‘‘witnesses.’’ Again the frame-
up served the aims of U.S. reaction, while a world looked on,
horrified, anguished, and angry.

Now a world rejoices. The frame-up techniques of U.S.
reaction has suffered a decisive and lasting defeat. The lessons
of this victory, demonstrated by a frail (physically) Black
Communist woman, with a world: of unity and solidarity
standing solidly behind her, cannot and should not be
underestimated. It is not so much a triumph for ‘“‘Justice’’
against the frame-up negation of justice, as it is a triumph for
all the forces of peace, racial equality and human dignity. It is
also not so much a case of a “‘fair trial,’ but as Angela Davis
said ‘‘There should have been no trial at all’’. The unanimous
verdict of her jury vindicates that opinion.

Angela Davis has won her freedom from a dastardly frame-
up. All who cherish freedom can sense the warmth of that
victory. Her traducers have been confounded and reduced to
their normal state, viz, liars, paid liars, and Establishment
degenerates!

PACIFIC TRIBUNE—FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1972—PAGE2

PROPOSES PLAN

Strike can be settled
in week says Rankin |

By ALD, HARRY RANKIN

Vancouver civic workers, both
inside and outside, have voted
decisively to reject the
recommendations of the B.C.
Mediation Commission. That
should come as no surprise— the
Mediation Commission is
hardly an impartial body — it’s a
pro-employer body whose
recommendations are invar-
iably biased.

As for Mayor Tom Campbell’s
predictions that our civic

-workers are becoming dis-
united and want to go back to
work, as usual he’s wrong. Civic
workers in the Lower Mainland
rejected the Mediation Com-
mission’s recommendations in
most cases with greater majori-
ties even than their original
votes to take strike action. If
anything, civic workers are
more united and determined
than ever.

The question now is — where
do we go from here? Things
can’t keep on as they are much
longer.

Our dirty streets and stinking
garbage have become a health
hazard.

The piles of paper and rubbish
create a very real fire hazard.

Our filthy streets are a
disgraceful sight and are getting
worse with every day that
passes. What will they look like
by the time of the tourist influx
— which is now almost upon us?

Mayor Campbell.and the NPA
apparently want the strike to go
on. It’s already saved us over $2
million in wages, said Campbell
recently. With that kind of
“logic’’ why not have the strike
go on all summer and save $15
million?

The Municipal Labor Rela-
tions Bureau, representing the
seven municipalities on the
Lower Mainland, acting on the
instruction of people like Mayor
Tom Campbell, is refusing to
negotiate with civic workers. It
will not consider any compro-
mise settlement.

Is it waiting for the provincial
government to order the
Strikers back to work and to

submit to compulsory arbi-
tration? If sa, we’re heading for
real trouble. Civic workers (and
this applies to all other unionized
workers) are adamantly
opposed to compulsory arbi-
tration because it destroys the
whole process of collective
bargaining. The civic workers
are backed in their stand by the
whole B.C. Federation of Labor.
What would happen if the civic
workers are ordered back to
work by the government is any-
body’s guess. The recent wave of
strikes in Quebec is an example
of what could happen. This is
supposed to be a free country
and forcing people back to work
under threat of fines and
imprisonment is just storing up
trouble for the future.

There is only one realistic
solution to this civic workers” |
strike, and that is to sit dowM 7
with them and negotiate 4 |
compromise settlement. The }
Municipal Labor Relations 7
Board obviously won’t do it
Therefore Vancouver City |
Council should take the initia |
tive to break the deadlock.

I propose that City Council sel }
up a committee representative |
of all the three political groups —
on Council and that we call in the:
representatives of the civie”
workers and start some realis:
tic negotiations on the undeh
standing that we’ll carry on unt!
a compromise agreement
reached. I’m certain that if W
did so, the strike could be settl
within a week.

FAR 2

Canadian Press

dumped on the
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ced Wednesday by

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the treasury department.
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the treasury has undertaxen.
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imports from Japan. "
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customs.
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imposed.

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appeared in a recent Vancouver ne
investigating the dumping of $216

mostly from B.C. and Quebec, into the U.S. These ingots, if proces
Canada would provide many new jobs — instead they are apP

being dumped on the U.S. market.

th duty on such Canadian im-
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Medical aid leaves for Vietnam

butions, plans are being made to
include goods for the children of
Cambodia in the next consign-

The positive reaction of vol-
unteer workers of the Children’s
Committee to the escalation of
air attacks and computerized
warfare in Indochina is evident
in the 4,564 items of garments,
blankets, first-aid compresses,
hospital eye-shields and ban-
‘dages made by them in less than
three months.

These articles, with knitting
wool, clothing material,
surgical instruments and
dressings, $2,250.00 quinine, 4,500
Ibs. powdered milk, eye glasses,
medical books, etc. comprise the
37th shipment, valued at
$12,071.00.

It left Vancouver on Monday,
June 12 on the Soviet S.S.
“VOTKINSKI”’ for Vladivostok,
and from there will be conveyed
to Vietnam. For six years this
service has been rendered free
of charge by the courtesy of the

_ Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, and

the Red Cross in Vladivostok.
As a result of increased contri-

“Don't touch that one. He works
for us.”

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. ests a.
ment. Reports by 2 US. ni fo |
gating team state that W" sjion |
months of the war two ogee |
Cambodians became ye A
and that civilian casual 97)
March 1970 to SepteM cine?
were from 20,000 to 30, nav?
that time thousands m? or
been forced from theif
and countless other
become war victim og.

South Vietnam and La0S gical
a pitiful shortage °
and surgical supplies
facilities for proper Cl

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At this critical HM jttl

young Indochines¢€ geal
protection against d wer"
hazards of automate’ Coit
ponry, the Childre" > |, a?

a
mittee of Cae "i nelp
earnest request for sé é
give additional aid t0 th
cent sufferers. al

For further informa,
call Mrs. S. Young 799